Old guys
I often go to McDonalds to buy a $1 hot tea and use their free internet, it has most of the benefits of a coffee shop at a fraction of the price. What’s not to like?
A trend I’ve noticed is that lots of seniors like to hang at at McDonalds too. Especially in the morning, the only patrons seem to be seniors having coffee, reading the paper and chatting. I’m not sure if this is the case at all McDonalds, but it seems to be at the couple that I frequent.
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Its lunch time today and there is a group 6 guys hanging out at the table beside me, average age must be close to 80. They are having a great time telling stories and laughing. Its hard not to eavesdrop a little, there is something about these guys that’s easy to like. (The pastor at my Mom’s old church used to cleverly refer them as Golden Keenagers)
Topics of discussion today, memory, a funeral story, birds, their wives, taking a big pig on a plane (seriously some guys son would apparently do that). The pig lives in his apartment and weighs more than 300 pounds, doesn’t like strangers and may attack you if you visit, a guard pig I guess. Had a sandbox in the kitchen that he liked to roll around in. He had him in NYC one time too and let him sit in the front seat of his car, that got some looks from pedestrians. The pig did eventually die and they didn’t even eat it, sounds like they had to pay for some heavy equipment to remove the carcass.
Getting old has its downsides but there are also some things to look forward to.
